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My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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"Just think your way out of ADD" is a take, for sure.

Better than medication. Better than giving up and giving in. Better than learned helplessness. Better than being a slave to technology.

Being a slave to a malformed brain is better than being a slave to technology? How about it's wheelchairs for disabled brains. Yell at a person with two broken legs to stand up. Yelling louder isn't going to heal their broken bones.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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If you already have Ethernet at both ends I cannot recommend enough game streaming. With the right setup it is almost identical to having my computer plugged in physically, and I am very sensitive to input latency. I can get 4K HDR 120Hz running over gigabit Ethernet without visually sacrificing too much on bitrate, but you can squeeze more bitrate at lower fps or 1440p (obviously) if that is your preference. You can…

> If you already have Ethernet at both ends I cannot recommend enough game streaming. With the right setup it is almost identical to having my computer plugged in physically, and I am very sensitive to input latency. There still some issues. If your beefy machine has monitor of a different resolution it gets a bit wacky. In the past I had to plug fake HDMI-EDID thing because my main PC is ultra-wide and what will get…

Look into Apollo, which is a fork of Sunshine. This works flawlessly for monitors plugged into the host, and clients using a different resolution

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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Why not just dual boot into windows for your gaming needs? It works out of the box more than Linux (if you ignore all the ads, windows updates, and so on). Alternatively stream over local wired connection using apollo

Because fuck Microsoft.

Using it even just for games is giving them a signal they're doing something right.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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Steam Remote Play sadly breaks down if anything involving Admin comes up. Task manager, admin prompt, etc. Sunshine / moonlight can work but you need to run them as admin. Sunshine / moonshine also have problems with the full DualSense features, you need to be wired, have VirtualHere set up, and even then it might not all work with all clients. So yes both can work, but both have downsides that can be alleviated with…

Dualsense's main advantage is the built in trackpad and gyroscope but if you want to play wirelessly you are probably better off switching to the Steam Controller at this point which also has a trackpad and gyroscope. Or if using Windows standard Xbox controller if you don't need a trackpad or gyroscope, as Xbox controllers have first class support.

If you particularly want a steam controller go for it, but otherwise that sounds worse and more expensive than the long cable option.

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My TV was cheap so I didn't expect much. Steam link really struggles on it - thankfully I still have the old Steam Link hardware and it works alright. Locked to 1080p though. Refused to spend more on a TV because I feel you don't get much more processing power for an increase in price. All smart TVs I've interacted with in the last 5 years have been much slower than I would consider acceptable.

I'm still mad that Steam stopped producing the hardware Steam Link. The app replacement is garbage (and not because of the app itself, but because of Android and the fact that most TV have garbage hardware). I wish Steam would release a new 4k Steam Link, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Apple TV is affordable and has a Steam Link app that works pretty well.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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If you already have Ethernet at both ends I cannot recommend enough game streaming. With the right setup it is almost identical to having my computer plugged in physically, and I am very sensitive to input latency. I can get 4K HDR 120Hz running over gigabit Ethernet without visually sacrificing too much on bitrate, but you can squeeze more bitrate at lower fps or 1440p (obviously) if that is your preference. You can…

Back when I actually had a gaming PC, I loved using my Steam Link. I used powerline Ethernet to get a decent connection from my bedroom to the basement and it worked well, rarely stuttering. I could never get the D-pad working on my PS4 controller with the Link, no idea what went wrong but my wired 360 controller was perfect. I would use a handheld wireless keyboard/touchpad for any kb/mouse input. It was great.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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I use Sunshine streaming from my home office gaming PC (4070Ti Super) via 1Gbps Ethernet to a "Google Chromecast with Google TV" streaming dongle running the Moonlight client in our dedicated home theater room. The streaming dongle is powered via a USB-C hub that has an Ethernet port and the HDMI output is plugged into a Denon AVR as an input source. The AVR outputs to a ceiling mounted laser projector with 150" scre…

What projector are you using if you don’t mind me asking? Been in the market for one.

Sony VPL-XW6100. Extraordinary image when calibrated, especially if you have full light control.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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If you already have Ethernet at both ends I cannot recommend enough game streaming. With the right setup it is almost identical to having my computer plugged in physically, and I am very sensitive to input latency. I can get 4K HDR 120Hz running over gigabit Ethernet without visually sacrificing too much on bitrate, but you can squeeze more bitrate at lower fps or 1440p (obviously) if that is your preference. You can…

I'm missing something here, are you streaming from your pc on to your deck? But then why would you need a dock?

I do this.

I have a gaming PC connected to my living room TV, but sometimes I’m lazy and want to play games from my bed.

My solution is that my bedroom TV has a Steam Deck dock connected, so I take my wireless controller to the bedroom and stream the games there instead.

Re: My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

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My TV was cheap so I didn't expect much. Steam link really struggles on it - thankfully I still have the old Steam Link hardware and it works alright. Locked to 1080p though. Refused to spend more on a TV because I feel you don't get much more processing power for an increase in price. All smart TVs I've interacted with in the last 5 years have been much slower than I would consider acceptable.

I'm still mad that Steam stopped producing the hardware Steam Link. The app replacement is garbage (and not because of the app itself, but because of Android and the fact that most TV have garbage hardware). I wish Steam would release a new 4k Steam Link, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

You can run steam link on a Raspberry Pi.

Or like the other commenter said, Apple TV is what I use.

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